Laura Esquivel’s Como agua para chocolate:
Novela de entregas mensuales con recetas, amores y remedios
caseros (1989) was the number one bestselling book in
Mexico for three years. The novel went on to become an
international success, selling over 4.5 million copies. It was
published in English in 1992. Concerning a tyrannical mother who
forces her daughter to care for her rather than marrying,
CAPC is set against the tempestuous backdrop of the
Mexican Revolution during the early 1900s. Each of the novel’s
twelve chapters is dedicated to a month of the year and a family
recipe. The film version of Como agua para
chocolate (1992) was an international …

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